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NOTIFICATIONS OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS
The number of notifications received during the year increased by 844. No
case of poliomyelitis or diphtheria occurred and the Borough was free from typhoid
and paratyphoid fever.
MEASLES
There was an increase in the incidence of measles, 2409 cases being notified
compared with 1451 in 1966. The majority of the cases occurred in the first quarter
of the year.
SCARLET FEVER
Forty-six cases were notified compared with 75 in 1966.
WHOOPING COUGH
There was a reduction in the number of cases notified, 122 compared with
184 in 1966.
DYSENTERY
Seventy-one cases were notified - a reduction of 8 on last year.
MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION
Three more cases were notified than in 1966.
PNEUMONIA
Fewer cases were notified, 26 compared with 42 last year.
ERYSIPELAS
Ten cases were notified compared with 9 in 1966.
FOOD POISONING
There was an increase of 5 in the number of cases notified. The cases were
sporadic and there was no general or family outbreak.
In addition to the notified cases ten were brought to the notice of the health
department other than by formal notification. These also were sporadic. The
causative agent in 3 cases was salmonella typhi-murium and in the others
salmonella Stanley (2) panama (3) butantan (1) and oranienburg (1). In the remaining
cases the causative organism was unknown.